USPTO Patents Application 09587491

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Filing Date

First Named Inventor

Art Unit

Examiner Name

09/587,491

June 2, 2000

NIKHIL DESHPANDE

RECEIVED

2684

OCT 0 5 2004

Edan Orgad

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TEKTRONIX, INC.

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Francis I. Gray

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Date

September 28, 2004

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application of: NIKHIL DESHPANDE, THOMAS C. HILL,

R. EBEN JENKINS and KATHRYN A. ENGHOLM

Art Unit: 2684

Serial No.: 09/587,491

Filed: June 2, 2000

For: SIGNAL TYPE IDENTIFICATION

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OCT 0 5 2004

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September 28, 2004

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Commissioner for Patents
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FINAL AMENDMENT

Dear Sir:

In response to the FINAL Office Action dated August 25, 2004 please
reconsider the above-identified application as follows.